Around the Valley: Jan. 25

Officers from the Department of Animal Care and Control are canvassing the unincorporated area near La Puente to check for current rabies vaccinations to ensure residents are in compliance with licensing requirements as well as the mandatory spay/neuter and microchip ordinance.

California law requires that all dogs and cats over the age of 4 months be vaccinated against rabies and be licensed.

Pet owners are advised to be in compliance with licensing and the mandatory spay/neuter and microchip ordinance if they reside in any unincorporated area of Los Angeles County.

Residents who are not in compliance will be subject to license fees and delinquency charges, including a $40 field enforcement fee, to offset the cost of the Department's field services.

Although Garcia was officially sworn into the State Assembly in December, the local event will allow the community to experience a swearing-in ceremony and come together as a community to meet their new representative and dignitaries from all of the nine cities that make up the 58th Assembly District.